[talk-au] Basic search, first attempt

[Ross Scanlon]

On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 08:42:56 +0000 (GMT)
John Smith <delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> I've been looking for some kind of simple search that can be added to the map page, so far I haven't found anything open source or something I can easily hack into a website so I've cooked up a proof of concept search that just does streets/towns and at this stage opens up on the OSM site and displays the way/relation.
> 
> I've integrated this with the new map layout and some JS to make it all just work.
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> http://maps.bigtincan.com/index-new.php
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> I've tried to code for simple combinations so far, and if you manage to stump it I'd appreciate it if you could tell me what you were searching for.
> 
> Oh and the code converts St to Street etc, but I may not have remembered all combinations of abbreviations, I just used the list we built for the validator plugin.
> 

Here's one for you:

don river road, bowen, qld

I know that there is a road near bowen but I can never remember if it's don river road or lower don river road or upper don river road.

If I enter the above in google or yahoo it comes up with the correct road, Upper Don River Road.

I think you just need to wild card front and back on the road search query to cover it, sould not need to for the city and state.


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Cheers
Ross